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Why did many Palestinian Arabs oppose increased Jewish immigration during the British mandate?

They wanted to leave the region of Palestine themselves.
They feared they would lose land, jobs, and political control.
They hoped Jewish people would help them gain independence.
They disliked that the British were allowing any immigration.

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They feared they would lose land, jobs, and political control.

Many Palestinian Arabs worried that large-scale Jewish immigration and land purchases would displace them, increase competition for work and resources, change the area's demographic balance, and undermine their ability to govern themselves or prevent a Jewish-majority state.